Erzya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *miń, inherited from Proto-Uralic *me + *-nɜ.[1] Cognates include Moksha минь (miń), Finnish me, Estonian meie, Lule Sami mij, Western Mari мӓ (), Komi-Zyrian ми (mi), Hungarian mi, Tundra Nenets маняˮ (manyaq).[2]

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Pronoun edit

минь (miń)

  1. (first person plural) we
    Ёвтак, вечкевиксэм, зярдо минь нетяно одов?
    Jovtak, večkeviksem, źardo miń ńeťano odov?
    Say honey, when will we see each other again?

See also edit

Erzya personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person мон (mon) минь (miń)
2nd person тон (ton) тынь (tiń)
3rd person сон (son) сынь (siń)

References edit

  1. ^ meie”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ минь (miń) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus

Moksha edit

Etymology edit

Of Proto-Uralic [Term?] origin.[1] Cognates include Erzya минь (miń), Northern Sami , Finnish me, Eastern Mari ме (me), Western Mari мӓ (), Komi-Zyrian ми (mi), Udmurt ми (mi), Hungarian mi, Tundra Nenets маняˮ (manyaq), Northern Selkup ме (mje).[2]

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Pronoun edit

минь (miń)

  1. plural nominative of мон (mon)
  2. plural genitive of мон (mon)

Pronoun edit

минь (miń)

  1. (first person plural) we

Declension edit

The meaning of the missing cases is conveyed by the personal pronoun in genitive and the relevant postposition, for example, монь инксон (moń inkson, because of me) for causative.

Pronoun edit

минь (miń)

  1. (first person plural possessive) our

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ meie”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ минь (miń) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus

Further reading edit

  • Indefinite and definite paradigms of минь (miń) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 19
  • Indefinite and definite paradigms of монь (moń) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 21

Mongolian edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠮᠢᠨᠢ
(mini)
минь
(minʹ)

Etymology edit

Compare also Buryat -мни (-mni, after a vowel), (-m, after a vowel), -ни (-ni, after a consonant); Kalmyk (-m).

Pronunciation edit

Particle edit

минь (minʹ)

  1. The first-person singular possessive particle, placed after a noun or its suffixes of number and case.
    ээж миньeež minʹmy mum
    эх оронд миньex orond minʹin my motherland

Related terms edit

  • миний (minii, my, first-person singular possessive determiner)

See also edit